Especially Considering his Lack of HEIGHT, Relative to the DIVISIONS he Competed In...That was one of the Things that Always Stood Out to REED, when he Watched Emile Griffith Footage... RIP to a Man who TRULY was "One of THE GREATEST Fighters of All Times"... REEDray:
RIP to a guy who fought 'em all and beat almost all of 'em Absolutely SICK resume... Griffith fought: Gaspar Ortega (2X), Denny Moyer (3X), Jorge Fernandez (3X), Florentino Fernandez, Luis Rodriguez (4X), Benny Paret (3X), Isaac Logart, Ralph Dupas (2X), Don Fullmer (2X), Holly Mims, Joey Archer (2X), Manuel Gonzalez (3X), Dick Tiger (2X), Nino Benvenuti (3x), Gypsy Joe Harris, Kitten Hayward (2X), Jose Napoles, Ernie Lopez (2X), Carlos Monzon (2X), Armando Muniz, Bennie Briscoe (2X), Vito Antuofermo, Alan Minter If You were a top welter or Middleweight in that era, you fought Emile Griffith and you probably fought him more than once... You probably lost. If you won, you did so with difficulty. Outside of one flukey stoppage loss to Rubin Carter, his chin was outstanding, he could go all night, he was good at everything and he feared no one. Legendary fighter.
<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CRcX_aPHlBs" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> The work that must have gone into being that good & that deft is pretty amazing. These dudes shouldn't be forgotten.
Thankfully, he's not a victim of bad luck with regard to film technology, so we can see him fight, see how good he was... So many highly regarded guys from the 40s, for example, are lost to history
Precisely... Do Emile Griffin have CARS???...Do Emile Griffin have HOUSES???...Do Emile Griffin Have MONEY???...Probably Couldn't Even Afford a MOTHERFUCKIN FLIP PHONE & he HAVE LOSSES on Top of All That...Emile Griffin Been Beat, but w/Money May 46 have TRIED & 46 have FAILED... REED:hammert:
